Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 220 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 60% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.44 on Friday, May 8th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 7, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.56 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.36% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 330,249 acre feet

This is 84.88% of the average of 389,093 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 157,089 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 147,068 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 173,160 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 184.08% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 30.69% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -1.44 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.75 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.50 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, May 08, 2026
6036.44
-0.07
1,023,692
320
638
79.3
48.8
Thu, May 07, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
751
612
68.9
38.0
Wed, May 06, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
645
523
62.6
45.5
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
54
476
61.3
48.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
804
455
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
829
456
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
917
450
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
615
445
66.4
44.9
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
6036.72
-0.04
1,026,558
818
441
65.5
51.8
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
6036.76
-0.06
1,026,968
167
438
68.4
49.5
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
6036.82
-0.01
1,027,583
423
436
63.7
44.0
Mon, Apr 27, 2026
6036.83
-0.01
1,027,685
582
595
62.8
40.8
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
6036.84
-0.10
1,027,788
126
605
61.2
48.4
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
6036.94
-0.09
1,028,814
182
610
69.4
49.5
Averages of List
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,141
516.6
512.9
67.0
46.9

Averages for May 8th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6054.65
-18.21
1,288,415
2993.00
1475.09
73.84
43.67
All-Time
6041.56
-5.12
1,177,598
2961.80
1424.30
73.84
43.67

Last 10 May 8th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 08, 2025
6037.88
-1.44
1,038,499
1088
376
69.6
44.5
Wed, May 08, 2024
6045.63
-9.19
1,121,514
1599
458
56.5
38.2
Mon, May 08, 2023
6053.17
-16.73
1,208,378
4958
4
77.2
48.4
Sun, May 08, 2022
6026.11
10.33
922,305
2793
299
83.0
59.0
Sat, May 08, 2021
6034.62
1.82
1,055,781
2206
419
76.0
48.0
Fri, May 08, 2020
6058.13
-21.69
1,324,217
2719
553
78.0
34.0
Wed, May 08, 2019
6044.58
-8.14
1,163,260
3873
404
74.0
40.0
Tue, May 08, 2018
6049.52
-13.08
1,219,921
1250
536
86.0
42.0
Mon, May 08, 2017
6078.10
-41.66
1,596,508
4063
3390
75.0
51.0
Sun, May 08, 2016
6072.00
-35.56
1,508,480
2265
392
64.0
39.0
Averages of List
6050.48
-14.04
1,221,680
2638
609
74.0
45.6


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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